Expect more rain as the week progresses

Paul Westermeyer

Wednesday

Oct 3, 2018 at 9:16 AM

The arrival of rain Tuesday morning brought some needed relief from the 80-degree heat that kicked off the month of October on Monday. But those hoping the rain clouds would leave the area as quickly as they came are bound to be disappointed: a shift in the jet stream threatens to bring intermittent rain to the Midwest through the weekend and into early next week.According to the Weather Channel, “The jet stream, a ribbon of strong winds above the Earth’s surface, will take a sharp plunge southward across the West this weekend while riding well to the north over the eastern states. Much of the week ahead will feature this weather pattern, as well, but in a less amplified manner than what is expected over the weekend.“When such an exaggerated north-to-south-oriented jet stream pattern takes shape during the fall, it typically results in a dichotomy of weather conditions across the United States,” the commercial weather service added, noting that thunderstorms in the nation’s midsection could be severe on into early next week, and that there was a chance for downpours so excessive that flooding was a possibility in the Midwest.Livingston County itself was placed in a hazardous weather outlook by the National Weather Service office in Romeoville for the next week.